thanks for the VERY nice comments flix.
there IS one tiny problem in the original post. thanks to kiya, i finally got the keypoints in BOLD, but in doing so, i screwed up one of the skills...it actually should read Identify NOT 'Know Creature'. but that is, as said, minor.
raze, that invisible text rocks! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> how the hell do you know all this stuff?!?
and as far as what is written, i tried it both ways, settling upon what you'd written as it provided more gain.